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Daily Archives: February 1, 2011

Texas Ordinance of Secession

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 1, 1861

Sam Houston’s delaying tactics have failed. The Union sentiments of the Baptist governor of Texas are not represented among Texas politicians at large. As Houston watches with disapproval, Texas secession delegates pass an ordinance of secession, as follows: Whereas, the Federal Government has failed to accomplish the purposes of the compact of union between these…

February 1, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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